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Police conduct drug raid in East Lebanon
Date of incident:
February 15, 2017
Death toll:
0persons
Number of Injured:
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
BEIRUT: A Hadath Baalbeck police unit seized 25 bags of manufactured hashish--all weighing about 600 kilograms, 50 bags of hashish seeds, and machinery used to process hash. The drugs workshop was an under construction house owned by H.M., 51. Police came under attack as they tried to burn the hashish. The statement said that the confiscated items were handed over to the Anti-Drug Bureau.
This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category:
Raid
Secondary Category:
Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling
Classification of conflict (primary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
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